Black Beauty Group

The Black Beauty Group is a tungsten mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,151 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Black Beauty Group

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lithium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Black Beauty District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: W. L. Woodrow And Marvin Johnston

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.Late Tertiary Uplift And Faulting.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite
Unknown: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Workings): 1 OPENCUT 12 BY 50 FEET AND 15 FT. DEEP. 2 SMALL CUTS,1 SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND A PROSPECT TRENCH 150 FT. LONG

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUT PRECAMBRIAN SCHISTS NEAR CONTACT WITH PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF OPENCUT, NARROW DIKE OF ALTERED ANDESITE CUTS SCHIST.LIME COATS FRACTURES IN ANDESITE.

Comment (Deposit): BLACK BEAUTY GROUP CONSISTS OF THREE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): ITEM 1 IS ONLY KNOWN PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): PRODUCTION CEASED AFTER 1955. AS OF 1959 THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT WAS ON THE PROPERTY: DIESEL GENERATOR 6X10 FT. WATER TANK, JAW CRUSHER, BIRATING SCREENS AND CONCENTRATING TABLE

Comment (Deposit): M70 AND M80 REFER TO MOST HEAVILY MINERALIZED VEIN. SCHEELITE IS SPORADIC BUT LOCALLY ABUNDANT IN MASSES UP TO FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER. MORE TOURMALINIZED VEINS STRIKE N80E, DIP 85 SE. N40W, DIP 55 NE. EW, DIP SLIGHTLY N. ZONE OF SCHEELITE-BEARING VEINS IS 25 FT. WIDE, 200 FT. LONG. THOUGH SOME SCHEELITE IS FOUND INTERMITTANTLY OVER DISTANCE OF THREE MILES.

References

Reference (Production): DALE, V.B. 1959

Reference (Deposit): 1959 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES R.I. 551

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5516

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